Cara’s POV“Mia?!” I call out, hoping she can hear me – hoping she knows I’m coming to save her.“Shut that brat up already,” Lilia snaps, making my blood boil. No one talks about my daughter like that. No one treats her like this!Lilia will pay for everything that she’s done. One way or the other,
Slowing down and eventually stopping, the brothers and Noel look at me in confusion, tipping their wolf heads to the side. They don’t know what I do, that there’s reason enough to be alarmed to warrant a quick stop.I quickly shift back to human form and answer the phone. “I’m in the middle of a hun
Alaric’s POVI look at Noel in confusion. Of anyone I expected to give me this kind of advice, it wasn’t him. If anything, wouldn’t he want to run to the rescue?I must be giving him a strange look, because he answers quickly.“You are Alpha,” Noel says. “Your speed is superior to any of ours. If a
Cara’s POVWith my wolf locked in slumber, I cannot shift to save myself. Regardless of whether the bullets in the gun are silver or not, I will likely die if struck by one or several of them.The fury in Lilia’s face tells me she will not stop firing until I am nothing more than a blood smear on th
Alaric’s POVI might not have direction knowledge of the BloodyMoon past to be able to fully decipher what this old woman is speaking of, but from the look of horror on Cara’s face to the way Aidan’s face twists with rage, I think I can piece together enough.This woman’s words weren’t just the ramb
Alaric’s POVLooking over, I almost approach Cara, but she seems dazed. Perhaps reuniting with Mia has affected her. Undoubtedly, she needs a minute to process all that has happened and what it means for her.Still, I would rather be able to help her through the process. Noel is there, but Cara does
No more exile. These three will never see the outside of a jail cell ever again.Cara’s POVAt the hospital, I wait by anxiously as a doctor checks Mia over. Noel and I are standing just outside the examination room, near the window, so Mia can keep an eye on us and remember that she is safe.Noel,
Alaric’s POVCara’s phone call has me running before I even hang up. I don’t have patience to wait for a car, instead I shift and ran at full speed to the hospital. I’m there in no time at all.Bursting through the door, it’s as if the staff already know where I’m headed. They direct me towards Cara
Alaric’s POVCara’s words shook me to my core. She wanted to… leave?Until this health scare – or whatever this was – things had been going well for us. Just the other night, I had held her in my arms all night long. Our love felt rekindled. But now – she just wanted to go away and not have that any
Alaric’s POVThe first thing I wanted to do after seeing Cara enter Mia’s room was to get her alone so I could ask what was going on, but with the kids so happy to see her, I couldn’t subtly pull her away without upsetting them.For now, I had to push down on my curiosity and my fear and act like ev
Cara’s POVThe diagnosis was difficult to process, and I spent a lot of time in that small room in the hospital, trying to come to terms with everything.Grayson believed that unless I found my wolf, I would only have a few months left to live. I would of course find a second opinion, but I had no r
Alaric’s POV“Cara was feeling lightheaded again,” Colin said, claiming my attention away from Aidan and his fierce glare. “The nurses offered her a room to rest in for a while. She asked you to please continue to look after the kids and said she would join us again soon.”Of course I would look aft
Colin’s POVTo his credit, Grayson did not as much as flinch at my words steeped heavily in accusation. Instead, he just seemed sad and tired.“I diagnosed her,” he said. “Surely you’ve noticed her weakness?”My stomach dropped. I had, as did my brothers. Though she had collapsed, and the Healers lo
“If I can’t find my wolf,” I said, “How much time do you think I have before the deep sleep?”“With your current symptoms, I would give you three months before the sleep takes you,” he said. “In the sleep state, you could last for up to five years longer before…”Before I died.Facing my own mortali
Cara’s POV“I have been told the date of the car accident,” Grayson said. “You then confirmed with me that at that time, you lost contact with your wolf. Is that correct?”“Yes,” I said, trying to brace myself, but it was difficult when I had no idea what was coming.Or maybe I did, but I was still
Cara’s POVImmediately, I could see the understanding on Richard’s face. He could see this as the forgiveness that it was, and emotion started to overtake him.Mia turned on the bed to look at him. “Hi, Uncle Richard,” she said brightly.So much emotion was caught in his throat that he seemed to str
Cara’s POVA sense of joy flooded through the room at how quickly and how fully Mia had seemed to recover. Almost all at once, she had gone from being bedridden, too sick to get up from bed, to nearly bouncing out of it. It was all we could do to keep her still until all of the Healers could check h